The height a bird reaches in flight, especially a bird of prey preparing to swoop down on its prey.
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
The angle at which an object sits.
The standard to which a group of musical instruments are tuned or in which a piece is performed, usually by reference to the frequency to which the musical note A above middle C is tuned.
In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave.
The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby, gridiron or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) (Not often used in the US or Canada, where "field" is the preferred word.)
A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
The most thrust-out point of a headland or cape.
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
The act of pitching a baseball.
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
The field of battle.
A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
Pitchstone.
An effort to sell or promote something.
The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
The place where a busker performs, a prostitute solicits clients, or an illegal gambling game etc. is set up before the public.
An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
A person's or animal's height.
Prominence; importance.
To fix or set the tone of.
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
To throw away; discard.
To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
To set or fix.
To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
To attack, or position or assemble for attack.
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
To cover or smear with pitch.
To throw.
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
To assemble or erect (a tent).
To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
To bounce on the playing surface.
To settle and build up, without melting.
To discard for some gain.
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
To fix one's choice.
To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
To produce a note of a given pitch.
To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
A knitting needle.
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
A telecommunication wire or cable.
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
A deadline or critical endpoint.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
A finish line of a racetrack.
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
To string on a wire.
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
To install eavesdropping equipment.
To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To equip with wires for use with electricity.